Greaze wet, slushy snow the consistency of phil wood waterproof.
greazy slick surfaces on roads kicked up by above freezing slush on top of frozen pavement or atop white ice. different from blue ice.
white ice hard packed snow that sheets up and covers the roadway despite the snowplow's best efforts. provides better traction than blue or black ice and is great for drift turns.
blue ice hard water ice. dangerous without studs.
black ice clear appearing blacktop that is actually water saturated and frozen. only a bit more forgiving than blue ice.
shooting the gullies riding deep furrows of snow and ice created by auto tires. Also, finding the sweet spot riding thru the chop.
graupel hard frozen, lightly textured road conditions usually providing fair traction. alternately, the crunchies
Last edited by Bekologist; 12-23-06 at 02:50 PM.